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City of Charleston Committee on Public Safety 2/23/21
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A
A
It's
okay,
councilman
mitchell
is
with
us,
so
we
have
all
of
our
members
present
good
afternoon.
Everybody
on
this
beautiful,
sunny
february
23rd
day
and
the
sun
has
come
out,
hopefully
will
be
with
us
for
several
days.
I'll
call
the
order
of
the
public
safety
committee
meeting
of
february
23rd
at
1,
30
p.m,
and
we'll
ask
council,
member
kevin
sheely
to
lead
us
in
either
a
moment
of
silence
or
invocation.
Whatever
is
his
preference
all
right.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Let
us
pray
our
heavenly
father.
We
thank
you
for
the
blessings
of
this
day
and
lessons
of
every
day
that
you
give
us.
We
thank
you
for
the
men
and
ladies
who
put
their
lives
on
the
line
for
our
safety.
We
ask
that
you'll
continue
to
protect
them
and
guide
them.
We
ask
that
you
will
guide
us
today
in
our
meetings
and
allow
our
actions
to
be
acceptable
to
you
for
it's
in
your
holy
and
precious
name.
We
pray,
amen,
amen.
A
Amen,
thank
you
very
much
appreciate
those
nice
words
and
thank
you.
Keep
us
focused
the
next
item
on
our
business.
The
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
the
approval
of
the
january
26.
2021
minutes
I'll,
entertain
a
motion
to
adopt
those
minutes
move
for
approval.
Second,
always
a
favor
say
aye
all
right.
I
have
it.
This
is
not
on
our
agenda,
but
I
just
wanted
to
let
y'all
know
that
I
have
been
in
contact
with
chief
courier
and
with
jason
krosberg
on
the
status
of
fire
station
number
11.
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What
has
happened
since
community
feedback,
the
chief's
thoughts,
property
damages
and
fire
department's
input
as
well?
So
that's
a
very
quick
brief
summary,
I
think,
is
what
has
been
supplemented.
Heather,
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
you
and
what
I
would
propose
that
we
do
as
we
have
in
the
past.
Look
heather
goes
through
her
report.
A
If
you
have
questions
as
she's
going
through
it,
please
raise
your
hand
and
I'll
recognize
you.
We
have
the
chief
and
several
members
of
his
team
available
to
us.
Also
chief
couria
and
members
of
his
team
are
with
us
as
well
answer
questions
and
offer
the
input
and
feedback
too
so
heather.
With
that
golf
ball
being
teed
up
for
you,
you
get
to
take
the
first
swing
at
this
okay.
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E
E
So
I
wanted
to
give
you
first
a
brief
recap
of
events
since
the
presentation
of
the
department's
preliminary
report.
As
you
know,
on
october
8
2020,
the
department
presented
its
preliminary
report,
which
was
a
comprehensive
63-page
report
containing
a
detailed
overview
of
events
and
an
after-action
review
by
the
department.
E
E
E
E
The
department
had
taken
in
actions
that
were
in
progress
progress
as
the
result
of
the
review
at
that
october,
8th
public
safety
committee
meeting
suggestions
were
made
to
the
department
to
include
additional
information
in
the
department's
final
report
to
give
a
more
complete
picture
of
the
events
of
may
30th
and
31st
requests
were
made
to
include
anecdotal
information
from
citizens,
business
owners,
property
owners,
bystanders
and
other
third
party
observers
regarding
their
experiences
during
those
two
days.
Requests
for
additional
information
on
damage
to
property
and
fire
damage
was
requested
as
well.
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The
information
did
not
include
actual
property
loss
estimates,
as
a
survey
was
only
a
general
overview
of
damages.
However,
the
information
did
include
a
list
of
properties
in
the
city
that
had
visible
exterior
damage,
a
general
description
of
that
damage
and
a
series
of
photographs
of
the
damage
and
location
of
those
properties.
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E
The
guide,
which
is
at
the
back
of
it's
appendix
5
in
the
report,
will
outline
the
page
numbers
and
make
it
easier
for
you
all
to
follow
or
anyone
who's
on
the
phone
or
watching
can
follow.
The
report
is
now
approximately
84
pages
in
length,
and
it
contains
several
new
areas
to
include
an
update
on
arrests
and
disposition
information.
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E
E
So
this
is
the
series
presentation
that
we'll
present
first,
I
will
go
over
the
arrest
information
and
the
property
information.
Captain
bruder
will
update
you
on
what
has
happened
since
captain
dustin
thompson
will
update
you
on
community
feedback.
Catherine
cortello
will
talk
about
some
criticism,
criticisms
and
complaints
and
finally,
the
chief
will
go
over
the
new
final
chief's
final
thoughts,
section
okay,
so
let's
actually
get
started
on
looking
at
the
report.
E
So
as
far
as
arrests
are
concerned,
if
you
look
at
page
25,
the
arrests
for
the
first
day
of
the
event
may
30th
are
now
at
35.
The
last
time
we
reported
this
information.
The
arrests
were
at
32
and
those
arrests
are
based
on
a
total
of
104
warrants
and
and
charges
you'll
see
in
the
charts
what
those
warrants
and
charges
contain
additionally
for
may
31st.
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E
So
the
property
damage
section
is
now
divided
into
different
areas.
First,
we
will
talk
about
property,
damage
to
buildings
and
other
other
structures
within
the
city.
Then
we
will
talk
about
fire
damage
and
we
will
also
talk
about
police
incident
reports
and,
finally,
the
we'll
touch
on
the
personnel
injury
for
a
fire
and
police
personnel.
E
So
this
initial
survey
was
done
in
an
effort
to
determine
whether
or
not
federal,
administrative
or
agency
declaration
of
disaster.
Other
federal
assistance
was
available
as
part
of
the
process.
These
general
surveys
of
damage
business
were
done
and
information
was
provided
by
several
entities
throughout
the
city
to
include
the
fire
marshal
division.
E
The
building
inspection
teams
were
out
there,
business,
neigh
and
neighborhood
services,
division
and
also
the
community
provided
some
information.
So
these
actions
resulted
in
136
visual
surveys
of
building
damage.
The
surveys
of
damage
gave
only
general
descriptions
of
the
exterior
of
the
building
damage
and
did
not
include
property
damage.
Estimates.
E
Three
of
the
report:
this
is
a
new
map
that
we've
attached
and
we've
developed
and
we
took
those
136
buildings
and
we
divided
them
up
by
area.
So
you
can
get
a
really
good
idea
when
you
look
at
the
map
of
the
peninsula,
of
where
all
this
damage
occurred
and
if
you
compare
it
to
the
other
maps
that
we've
put
out
in
the
preliminary
report,
you
know
it
really
matches
up
with
the
route
of
the
rioters.
E
E
E
Then
we
looked
at
what
kind
of
damage
was
reported
and
what
was
the
form,
and
the
majority
of
this
noted
exterior
damage
to
the
buildings
was
in
the
form
of
shattered
and
broken
windows
and
doors,
and
that
came
in
at
about
87
percent
of
the
abilities.
The
remaining
damage
notice
was
in
the
form
of
fire
or
graffiti.
E
E
So,
let's
now
go
into
the
fire
damage
portion
of
the
report,
and
this
really
emphasizes
the
partnership
between
police
and
fire
throughout
this
event
and
continuing
on
and
the
very
good
relationship
that
exists.
So
in
gathering
this
information,
I
worked
with
mike
jalazida,
who
provided
the
bulk
of
this
information
and
tremendous
assistance.
E
There
were
22
reported
fires
from
may
30
to
may
31.
and
attached
in
appendix
number
four.
We
have
updated
information.
We
have
an
updated
fire
map,
that's
attached
and
also
an
updated
fire
incidents
list,
and
if
you
look
at
the
fire
incidents
list,
you'll
notice
that
we've
now
given
the
names
of
the
businesses
in
the
earlier
list
that
we
put
out
with
the
preliminary
report.
We
had
just
the
addresses-
and
there
was
some
updated
information
contained
in
there
too.
E
Over
the
next
days,
the
fire
marshal
division
continued
to
conduct
their
follow-up
investigations,
survey
businesses
and
meet
with
property
owners
to
answer,
questions
about
board
up
procedures
and
damages
of
the
22
fire
incidents
reported
20
were
determined
to
be
intentionally
set.
I
know
that
was
a
question
of
the
council.
Members
20
were
determined
to
be
intentionally
set
and
the
cause
of
two
additional
fires
is
unknown.
E
13
of
those
fires
were
recorded
as
building
fires,
one
as
a
vehicle
fire
six
as
dumpster
or
outside
trash
fires,
and
two
are
classified
as
other
incident
records.
Noted
property
damage
estimates
on
19
of
the
22
fire
incidents.
So
we
do
have
some
property
damage
estimates.
In
this
section
of
the
report.
E
E
So
the
amount
of
damage
was
significantly
reduced
by
the
hard
work
and
diligence
of
the
charleston
fire
department.
The
charleston
police
department
quickly
coordinated
security
for
fire
teams
allowing
them
to
respond
to
the
fires.
While
the
riot
was
going
on,
having
trained
together
to
implement
rescue
task
forces,
cpd
and
cfd
were
able
to
communicate
and
establish
an
effective
and
safe
plan
for
fire
response,
which
likely
saved
lives
and
limited
property
damages
and
for
your
information.
E
E
So
there's
a
graph
that
was
put
together
below
this
paragraph.
You
can
scroll
down
a
little
captain.
Thank
you.
So
in
all,
47
burglaries
were
reported,
46
of
which
involved
forcefully
entering
the
location.
42
incidents
of
vandalism
were
reported
and
included,
damages
to
businesses,
vehicles,
residents,
a
parking
meter
and
a
monument.
E
E
In
addition,
three
vehicles
were
broken
into
where
items
were
stolen
and
one
atm
machine
was
stolen
and,
what's
interesting
to
note
is
that
six
of
those
104
incidents
that
I'm
reporting
occurred
outside
of
the
downtown
area
and
involved
incidents
of
graffiti
or
other
factors
that
were
attributed
to
the
social
unrest
in
the
city?
So
there
were
other
activities
outside
of
the
city
that
were
found.
E
F
A
F
F
Obviously
we're
talking
about
those
events,
but
for
the
the
week,
following
until
june,
8th
the
police
department
remained
on
12-hour
shifts,
which
is
the
the
level
of
staffing
we
go
to
for
hurricane
response,
where
everybody
in
the
department's
working
or
either
day
shift
or
night
shift.
It's
a
it's
a
definite
significant
increase
in
staffing
to
where
there
are
no
officers
having
days
off
and
that
type
of
thing.
So
we
remained
at
that
level
through
june
8th
and
we've
been
able
to
to
bring
it
back
down
from
that.
F
So
since
that
day
july,
9
2020
through
the
end
of
2020,
the
police
department
issued
89
parade
permits.
So
a
lot
of
those
go
to
the
weekly
protests.
We
see
at
the
battery
and
other
places,
but
89
events
where
we
had
to
increase
some
level
of
staffing
over
roughly
a
six-month
time
period
to
ensure
the
safety
and
allow
people
to
continue
their
first
amendment
rights.
The
reason.
F
F
Amendment
rights
there
and,
of
course
we
did
that
all
while
covet
has
continued
to
go
on
and
be
an
issue
for
us.
So
with
our
our
issues
and
stuff
going
on
with
that.
So
a
lot
of
what
we've
learned.
We
we've
put
into
place
through
these
different
events,
but
we've
continued
to
have
regular
events
and
they've
continued
into
2021
with
regular
protest
events
that
we
continue
to
work
and
continue
to
staff.
So
it
wasn't
like
may
30th
34th
happened
and
we've
been
able
to
go
back
into
a
hole
or
something
like
that.
H
We
end
up
reaching
out
to
city
council,
our
citizens
of
police
advisory
council,
the
neighborhood
association
presidents
for
those
directly
affected
canon
borough,
l.a
borough,
ragboro,
east
side
development
corporation
and
as
well
as
the
the
over
300
central
business
district
contacts
that
we
have
in
that
list.
We
were
lacking
a
little
bit
of
some
of
the
businesses
and
owners
on
the
market
and
we
added
to
that
list
which
has
continued
to
grow
since
that
date.
H
I
won't
repeat
everything
that
heather
was
saying
about
the
the
extension
and
everything
that
we
did
to
make
sure
that
we
gave
enough
time
for
community
feedback.
I
will
just
add
that
if
anyone
contacted
me
or
the
department-
and
we
did
immediately
follow
up
privately
with
that
individual
or
business
to
ask
for
you
know
either
a
personal
statement
or
to
meet
with
us
in
person
or
online
through
zoom
or
microsoft
teams
or
any
of
those
online
platforms
in
all,
I
received
28
responses
from
the
community.
H
H
We'll
tell
you
that
this
summary
of
the
response
that
I
got
back
to
the
community
was
a
good
balance
of
encouragement
support,
but
also
to
include
an
honest
critique
of
our
response
to
may
30th
and
31st
you'll,
see
in
this
in
this
new
document
that
we,
I
did
include
three
statements
from
individuals
in
the
community.
The
first
one
is
a
part-time
resident
who
was
out
to
eat
at
one
of
the
restaurants
downtown.
H
The
second
one
was
present
for
both
was
a
citizen
that
lives
locally.
That
was
there
for
may
30th
and
31st,
and
then
the
last
one
was
a
central
business
district
restaurant
owner
who
also
lives
in
the
city
of
charleston.
So
those
three
are
in
the
report
now
jason
going
down
to
the
next
page,
keep
going
so
I
added
some
additional
quotes
that
were
just
repeated
throughout
some
of
the
statements
and
you
can
read
through
those.
H
I
will
say
that
down
on
the
bottom,
I
put
in
five
areas
that
were
kind
of
the
general
repeated
multiple
times
during
either
the
statements
or
my
in-person
meetings
and
those
were
connected
to
some
of
the
areas
that
we
touched
on
earlier.
It
was
for
the
five
areas,
so
it
was
connected
back
to
our
command
control,
our
internal
communications,
our
external
communications
and
our
response
to
civil
disturbance.
H
Those
five
categories
that
were
the
general
themes
were
our
intelligence
gathering
a
lot
of
questions
about
how
we
intel
how
we
gather
intel
now
versus
then
our
preparation
and
prevention
of
future
events,
which
captain
bruder
touched
on
the
public
safety
aspect,
for
you
know
increased
police
presence
in
our
area.
Definitely
the
communication
with
the
public.
We
always
need
to
improve
our
communication
internally
and
externally,
and
then
the
last
one
was
a
review
of
our
social
unrest,
our
response
to
social
unrest.
I
I
I
As
part
of
the
investigation
of
the
complaints
we
reviewed
extensive
hours
of
body,
worn
camera
videos
pertaining
to
the
protests
and
rights
that
occurred
and
also
any
other
videos
that
were
supplemented
to
us
by
the
community.
We
also
looked
at
as
well,
because
the
amount
of
body-worn
cameras
footage
that
had
to
be
reviewed.
The
investigation
did
take
a
little
bit
longer
than
what
we
anticipated
in
it
and
expected
all
in
all.
I
G
G
Numerous
lessons
have
been
learned
and
areas
of
improvement
were
immediately
addressed
and
utilized
over
the
summer
of
2020
to
provide
for
many
effective.
First
amendment
demonstrations
as
cat
and
brooder
has
said:
there's
many
things
that
have
been
ongoing
since
may
30th
and
31st,
and
continue
cpd
and
other
local
law
enforcement
partners
have
implemented
pre-incident
briefings
to
discuss
plans
and
expectations
for
pending
events
which
have
proven
to
be
successful,
while
increasing
our
communication
amongst
each
other
and
including
the
community.
G
G
G
G
A
A
B
Nothing
really
to
add.
I
would
echo
what
several
have
said,
but
most
recently,
chief
reynolds
and
the
fact
that
I
think
the
close
working
relationship
between
the
police
department
and
the
fire
department
troops
on
the
ground,
command
staff
chief
reynolds
and
me
personally.
I
think
it
really
contributed
to
a
good
outcome
or
the
best
outcome
that
we
could
have
hoped
for
in
the
city,
and
I
think
that
any
specific
questions
about
the
fire
operations
chief
jalazada
has
been
dealing
with
the
the
data
and
has
work.
B
J
A
Thank
you,
sir
well
heather.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
thank
you
for
leading
the
team
on
on
this.
I
know
that
you
and
I
I
spent
many
hours
on
the
phone
chatting
about
this
and,
as
noted
earlier,
we've
had
two
prior
meetings
with
the
public
safety
committee
on
this.
This
is
a
very
extensive
and
detailed
report
and
I
appreciate
all
the
collaborative
efforts
that
you've
had
through
the
chief
reynolds
and
his
team
and
chief
curry
and
his
team,
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
councilmember
seahemes,
so
we
can
start
our
discussion.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
if
I'm
not
looking,
if
it
doesn't
look
like
I'm
looking
at
the
camera,
I'm
actually
looking
at
the
report
on
the
side
screen
here
chief,
I
just
got
really
kind
of
one
question
in
your
closing
comments
today
and
in
the
comments
and
the
support
you
talk
about
lessons
learned.
What
would
you
say
is
the
single
biggest
lesson
learned
from
this
con
this
event
in
may,
from
your
perspective,.
G
As
dan
said,
it's
unique
frankly,
if
you
look
at
the
911
commission
report,
the
nypd
is
a
great
example.
Basically
they
hate
the
fire
department.
The
fire
department
needs
them.
It's
gone
back
for
many
many
many
many
decades,
and
that
was
reflected
in
the
response
and-
and
I
think
fast
forward
to
what
happened
this
past
year,
our
our
teams
train
together,
our
commands
talk
to
each
other,
we've
developed
what
we
call
rescue
task
force
and
some
other
entities
where
there's
a
high
level
of
trust.
G
G
The
whole
idea
of
of
public
trust
and
relationships
applies
to
that
with
our
communities
as
well,
and
and
not
just
the
residential
communities
but
the
business
communities,
our
local
constituents
on
on
so
many
different
levels.
So
I
think
relationships
are
paramount
and
if
I
could
have
any
one
singular
thing,
we
have
to
continue
to
build
that.
G
G
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Not
really
any
questions,
just
a
big
thank
you
to
everyone
for
all
the
work
that
you
put
in
here.
I
think
strengthening
charleston
is
a
good
title
of
this,
because
I
think
that
we
will
be
stronger
and
better
because
of
the
work
that
you
put
in
here.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you.
L
Sir,
I
want
to
agree
with
my
colleague
that
we
are
still
working
hard
in
the
police
department,
the
fire
department.
Everyone
is
working
collaboration
with
one
another
and
that's
what
we're
gonna
need.
We
have
to
be
working
together
and
I
think,
by
working
together
as
we're
doing
and
trying
to
do,
I
think
we
can
be
able
to
solve
any
problem
that
comes
before
us
and
so
far
as
public
safety
is
concerned,
and
I
also
would
like
to
ask
someone
to
send
me
a
hard
copy
of
the
report
of
the
final
report.
C
I
I
think
we
owe
thanks
to
our
all
of
our
first
responders
fire
and
police
who
were
subjected
to
a
riot.
They
were
subjected
to
violence
and
to
a
riot,
as
were
our
citizens,
and
so
we
have
to
recognize
and
thank
our
citizens
for
their
perseverance
and
resilience,
but
acknowledged
that
some
of
our
citizens
and
our
businesses
were
not
just
vandalized
from
a
property
point
of
view,
but
but
traumatized
saying
that
I
I
feel
blessed
that
no
one
was
seriously
injured
or
killed
during
the
weekend
of
may
30
31st.
C
So
there
are
some
blessings
and
and
the
amazing
cooperation
between
fire
and
police
that
prevented
dozens
of
fires
from
not
getting
out
of
control
and
literally
potentially
could
have
destroyed
major
parts
of
our
city.
You
know,
y'all
did
a
remarkable
job
and
I
I
know
often
you
you
get
a
report
like
this
and
you
think
well
gee.
We
finally
got
it
past
this.
C
It
was
a
sad
weekend
y'all,
but
to
take
this
as
being
instructive
and
putting
our
best
foot
forward
to
improve
our
protocol
to
improve
our
communications,
to
improve
our
processes
so
that
we
we
continue
to
strive
to
be
better
in
all
of
our
public
safety
and
services
that
we
provide
so
with
those
acknowledgments
and
reality
of
of
such
a
traumatic
and
sad
weekend
that
we
had.
I
I
thank
you
for
the
report.
It's
necessary
it's
instructive
and
we'll
all
continue
to
do
better.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
mayor.
I
I'll
note
that
councilmember
jackson,
who's,
not
a
member
of
the
committee,
is,
is
on
and
councilwoman
jackson
welcome.
I
know
you've
been
listening
in.
I
appreciate
your
willingness
to
listen.
What
what
is
the
flavor
of
the
committee?
Are
we
ready
to
vote
to
recommend
that
this
report
be
adopted
and
submitted
to
council
for
review
and
adoption.
A
Well-
and
I
think
it's
a
good
point,
but
I
think
that
we
certainly
have
received
the
report
we
have
been.
The
company
has
been
interactive
with
the
with
heather
and
the
team
in
coming
back
with
questions
and
suggestions,
and
so
this
is
the
final
product
of
that
and
I
think
we
can
submit
it
to
well.
Maybe
the
better
way
is
that
we'll
prepare
to
submit
this
to
council
full
council
for
their
review
of
the
report.
It's
ready
to
be
handed
off
to
the
full
council.
K
Well,
what
I
would
suggest
is
a
little
bit
of
a
hybrid
of
what
mayor
tuckelberg
has
suggested
what
you
suggested.
I
think
that
what
we
ought
to
do
is
report
this
out,
mr
chairman,
to
counsel
that
all
of
the
questions
that
this
committee
has
put
forward
and
all
the
things
we've
asked
to
be
done
have
been
done.
We've
received
this
final
report
and
we're
now
passing
it
on
to
city
council
for
their
information.
A
And
councilman
mitchell
as
well
I'm
fine,
okay.
I
just
want
to
some
basic
observations
and
my
appreciation
to
captain
cottella
and
bruder
and
thompson
for
their
coordination
and
work
with
with
heather
and
the
rest
of
the
team
with
the
with
chief
reynolds
and
corey
and
his
team,
as
I
mentioned
before,
and
that
is
an
important
element
of
all
of
this,
that
the
the
different
departments
are
working
together
and
coordinating,
and
those
first
responders,
as
the
mayor
said,
were
out
there
on
the
front
lines
of
these
two
instances.
A
A
It
can't
measure,
as
the
mayor
said,
the
trauma
that
our
citizens
experience
and
you
can't
measure
that
you
can.
You
can't
put
a
dollar
figure
on
it.
You
can't
explain
that
the
comments
that
I
read
in
the
report
reflect
some
of
that.
That's
just
sort
of
a
flavor
of
the
personal
experience
that
are
our
citizens.
Our
visitors
had
to
go
through.
Unfortunately,
as
they,
they
observed
this
and
they
were
in
the
middle
of
this,
and
I've
talked
to
some
of
them.
A
I've
talked
to
business
owners
and
property
owners,
and
the
impact
is
is
hard
to
measure.
This
is
maybe
not
fully
described
in
this
report,
because
it's
just
a
difficult
thing
to
to
do,
but
I
I
have
walked
up
and
down
king
street
immediately
after
the
riots
with
with
chief
reynolds
and
members
of
his
team,
and
so
we
did
receive
those
impact
statements
from
those
folks.
It
was
a
scary
evening.
A
It
was
a
scary
night
when
you
look
at
the
numbers
from
the
fire
department
as
to
the
number
of
fires
and
the
response
they
had
to
put
out
those
fires
and
the
property
damage
those
numbers
climb
very
quickly.
It
doesn't
take
a
lot
of
damage
to
get
up
to
the
millions
of
dollars
in
damages
to
this.
I
think
that
overall,
two
things
we're
still
we're
very
fortunate,
and
I
think
that
has
been
said
many
times
over.
We
are.
A
We
are
very
fortunate
with
this,
and
I
appreciate
the
hard
work
that
our
police
officers
and
firefighters
exhibited
that
night.
That's
that's
critical
and,
and
part
of
this
report
is,
I
think,
mentioned
that
nobody
broke
the
line.
Nobody
got
everybody
followed
their
orders.
They
they
followed
their
training
on
how
to
respond
to
this,
and
if
they
had
not,
I
think
that
the
different
outcomes
would
have
been
experienced.
A
And
finally,
I
think
that,
as
the
chief
said
that
this
is
a
learning
document,
it's
an
educational
document,
it's
not
something
that
we
put
on
the
shelves
and
say
this
is
behind
us
now.
I
think
that
this
is
something
that
we
grow
from,
that
we
learn
from.
We
move
on
with
that.
We
use
it
as
sort
of
a
benchmark
document,
so
we
are
always
improving
ourselves
professionally.
As
a
city,
our
goal
is
to
protect
our
citizens.
A
That's
our
number
one
responsibility
to
protect
our
citizens
and
visitors
who
come
into
this
community
so
and
and
in
addition
to
all
of
this,
in
my
conversations
with
the
chief
about
this,
we
we've
had
several
other
things
happen
regarding
the
police
department.
Since
that
that
time,
they've
been
they've
carried
out
their
duties
and
responsibilities
with
the
highest
level
of
professionalism,
the
fire
department
has
continued
to
respond
to
the
highest
level
of
professionalism
that
I
think
that
our
city
and
citizens
should
be
proud
of.
A
With
all.
This
has
been
going
on
with
the
clover
19
pandemic
that
we've
experienced
we've
seen
other
things
come
up
that
we
have
not
cowered
from.
We
have
faced
up
to
those
things
and
responded
to
them,
and
I
just
want
to
show
my
deep
appreciation
for
our
all
of
our
first
responders
and
what
they
have
done
in
the
face
of
a
lot
of
adversity
over
the
past
year.
So
thank
you
all
mayor.
I
saw
that
you
had
your
hand
up.
C
Yes,
sir,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
If
I,
if
I
may
just
add
two
more
observations,
and
I
thanked
a
lot
of
people
a
few
minutes
ago-
and
I
did
mean
to
thank
also
those
protesters
who
peaceably
peaceably
protested
and
reuter
was
mentioning
how,
since
that,
since
that
time,
we've
issued
many
more
permits,
because
we
honor
people's
right
to
express
themselves
and-
and
we
believe
in
the
first
amendment
of
our
united
states
constitution.
C
C
It
was
a
nationwide
response
where
the
scab
of
racism
had
once
again
been
been
ripped
off
in
in
our
country,
and
so
we
we
stand
with
those
peaceable
protesters
against
racism
and
hatred,
but
all
at
the
same
time.
We
condemn
those
who
resort
to
violence
and
who
perpetrate
violence
in
in
our
city
and
our
society.
C
And-
and
so
I
didn't
want
to
lose
site
of
of
those
points
as
well.
Mr
chairman,
and
and
my
fellow
colleagues
and
and
and
everyone
here
that
that
there
was
a
real
and
legitimate
purpose
behind
the
gatherings
that
occurred
in
this
country
last
year
and
that
continue
on
to
some
extent
and
the
response
of
the
city
by
its
prior
actions
of
the
racial
bias.
C
Audit
of
our
police
department,
of
the
ongoing
work
of
our
commission
on
racial
racial
conciliation
is,
is
all
the
positive
kind
of
progress
that
we
look
to
to
ameliorate
or
to
address
the
challenge
of
a
reality
of
racism,
but
all
the
while
we
condem
and
and
cannot
tolerate
when
folks
resort
to
violence.
Thank
you.
A
All
right
any
other
comments,
questions.
Let's
see,
none
all
right.
That
is
all
we
have
on
our
agenda
for
the
day.
I
knew
it
would
take
a
full
hour,
maybe
even
hour
and
a
half,
and
I
know
we
have
a
full
slate
of
other
business
coming
for
council,
starting
with
our
ways
and
means
meeting
beginning
at
three
o'clock.
So
unless
there's
any
other
comments
on
any
other
business,
we
will
go
ahead
and
join
this
meeting.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
participation,
your
work
on
this
and
your
dedication
to
public
safety.